J/5 Aiglet Trainer | |
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Role | Aerobatic trainer/tourer |
Manufacturer | Auster Aircraft Limited |
First flight | 1951 |
Primary users | private pilot owners Pakistan Air Force |
Produced | 1951-1958 |
Number built | 77 |
Developed from | |
Variants | Auster J/5R Alpine |
The Auster J/5 Aiglet Trainer was a 1950s British single-engined four-seat high-wing training and touring monoplane built by Auster Aircraft Limited at Rearsby, Leicestershire.
Despite its name, the aircraft type had nothing to do with the , it being an aerobatic development of the .
The Aiglet Trainer was based on the J/5 fuselage with new wings and stressed for aerobatics. The prototype first flew on 2 June 1951.
Most Aiglet Trainers were bought by private pilots and flying clubs, but 15 went to the Pakistan Air Force, 14 to the Iran Civil Aviation Club and two to the Lebanese Air Force.
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1955–56
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